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By the time the network is completed, government-owned Malaysian Green Technology aims to have 100,000 EVs, 2,000 electric buses and 100,000 electric scooters and motorcycles on Malaysian roads....More

The company wants its new 14-building research campus in Germany to function like a university, specifically Stanford. Each building is designed to foster interaction and exchange of ideas between students and engineers....More

Nils-Olof Nylund of the European Biofuels Technology Platform predicts automakers will meet the European Union’s 2020 target of 95 g/km of carbon dioxide, having largely achieved the 2015 target of 130 g/km....More

Lighter vehicles are more fuel efficient, and the mass savings pave the way for adding technologies such as battery propulsion and autonomous-driving hardware in the future, GM’s Mark Reuss says....More

Perhaps the main difference “between Fisker then and now is that we’re not under this enormous pressure for money that they were in the fundraising,” marketing chief Jim Taylor says. ‟So, we can take the time to do it properly.”...More

Still ranking as the world’s leaders, Japanese and Korean brands registered a 10% year-on-year decline in hybrid sales between January and June to an estimated 805,000 units. Hybrid production in Japan alone declined 29% to 550,181 units....More

The French automaker, which already is cooperating with Mitsubishi on current-generation electric vehicles, says it anticipates putting an EV co-developed with Dongfeng on the market around 2020....More

The chief executive says Continental will base its China business on expectations of 24 million-25 million units of light-vehicle production this year. Over time, he says, it will grow to 30 million....More

The subsidy reduces the cost of EVs and PHEVs with carbon-dioxide emissions of 75g/km or less by 35%, up to a maximum £5,000 ($7,695). Sales after six months of 2015 surpassed the full-year 2014 total....More

Despite early predictions that EVs only would be driven short distances, recent research in the U.K. and other countries indicates privately owned EVs are being driven distances comparable to those of internal-combustion-engine cars....More

Automakers argue shorter deadlines would force them into using untested or inadequately tested technologies that could lead to safety risks and reduce fuel efficiency. Meantime, the air in India’s cities is getting progressively dirtier....More

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By Sagarika Jaisinghani and Arunima Banerjee
Aug 13 (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc CEO Elon Musk
will invest $20 million as part of the company's $500 million
stock offering in a show of confidence at a time when the
electric car maker is burning through cash.
Tesla said on Thursday it would use the proceeds from the
sale to help fund its upcoming Model 3 project and its battery
gigafactory in Nevada. (http://bit.ly/1TuIQJa)...More

The 2018 Wards 10 Best Interiors competition is under way, and more than 30 vehicles are facing close inspection for fit-and-finish, ergonomics, materials, comfort and aesthetics. Today's gallery focuses on the ’18 Kia Stinger, a coupe-like sedan with a sticker price of $48,350.